[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Palaeography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963) › c3.15 # Indian Palaeography c3.15 Indian Palaeography c3.15 - **Language:** English ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3.15) I maintain that the shape is based on \*tulā\* or \*bhāra\* as is known in the Indian weight system—a shape of weight, going as far as Mohenjodaro, in which case some scholars have wrongly taken it for \*liṅga\*. If a handle is attached to this symbol, it exactly gives the form of ten, as used in Brāhmī. - [Previous: c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3.13) - [Next: c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3.16) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3) ## Cites (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.dani-1963.c3.15) · Pramāṇa